fremo
See also: fremò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɛ.mo/
- Rhymes: -ɛmo
- Hyphenation: frè‧mo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *fremō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrém-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-. Cognates include Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō), Middle High German bremen, Welsh brefu,[1] and obsolete English breme (“famous; tempestuous”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfre.moː/, [ˈfrɛmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfre.mo/, [ˈfrɛːmo]
Verb
fremō (present infinitive fremere, perfect active fremuī, supine fremitum); third conjugation
- (transitive, with accusative) to murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something
- Synonym: mussitō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.559–560:
- Tālibus Īlioneus; cūnctī simul ōre fremēbant / Dardanidae.
- With such [words spoke] Ilioneus; together all the Dardans were murmuring aloud [their assent].
(Ilioneus and other Dardan, i.e. Trojan, envoys are addressing Queen Dido; the meaning in-context is that of agreement which is audible – ore, “by or with mouth” – yet respectful to her royal court.)
- With such [words spoke] Ilioneus; together all the Dardans were murmuring aloud [their assent].
- Tālibus Īlioneus; cūnctī simul ōre fremēbant / Dardanidae.
- (transitive, with accusative) to complain loudly
- (intransitive) to roar, growl, hum, rumble, buzz, howl, snort, rage, murmur, mutter
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “fremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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